Amazing online portrait session with @londondrawing - I decided to have a change from my usual Saturday morning life drawing. I love the old writer/fisherman vibe. Fabulous model @smudgersmith67

Poses from the first mage to the fifth were - 40 mins pastel pencil, Conte and charcoal on ink and gesso ground
- 20 mins Conte and charcoal
- 3 X 10 minute poses

Thank you @annenoble_partridge and @josie.deighton.artist for a great session! ...

A fabulous Saturday life drawing with @londondrawing and amazing life model @vbd_life_modelling
Thanks to @annenoble_partridge and @susannahpalartist for leading the session.
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Drawings are conte, charcoal and pastel pencils on paper
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#LifeDrawing #LondonDrawing #FigureDrawing ...

Connection and conversation. I had a panic last week before the Open Studios event which this past weekend. My studio is looking a tad empty with most framed pieces in my exhibition at Newbiggin Maritime Museum. So what to show and share?
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I put a display together of drawings, ink explorations, research photos and sketchbooks that make up a long term project I am gradually working on. All the while, thinking, is it enough? The Lost and the Left Behind is a slow burn. And I am realising I am more than okay with that. Over the weekend as people looked, commented, shared thoughts and emotions, it showed me that something does not have to be finished to be understood. It does not have to be created at a certain pace to be appreciated. It does not have to have a price tag to be valued. The conversations and connections that are coming out of this very much 'in progress' work are as much a part of the project as anything that is created on paper.
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Thank you to all who stopped by and shared their thoughts. I love that the work as it stands is open to interpretation. I love that some see the portraits as fishermen, some see miners, some see those lost in war.
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#TheLostAndTheLeftBehind #TLATLB ...